Liverpool
Atletico MadridAn impressive second half after a fairly disappointing first. Systematically, Liverpool started poorly with a dangerous high line and a clear lack of midfield pressing. Iraola fixed this going into the second half with an organised, high intensity team press, as opposed to the individual efforts we saw in the first forty-five. Araújo is starting to become a fantastic addition to this backline, allowing us to use Szoboszlai in his preferred eight, while still offering attacking options from fullback. For me, Frimpong will struggle to start as a fullback after recent performances and may become more useful as a late substitution in an attacking wing back role. Szoboszlai and Mac Allister both had good games today but would clearly benefit from having a holding midfielder behind them. Fabinho has never been replaced and this will continue to hurt us. Finally, Bradley Barcola - a positive 60 minutes for the new signing. Ended up tracking back quite deep in the opening exchanges when Liverpool deployed the high line, but grew into the game as time went on. Barcola made great runs in behind and showed great link up play. Barcola could've left Anfield today with a goal or two after squandering some chances. The big chances missed data has always been there when looking into Barcola and we saw this tonight. Hopefully, with more game time under his belt, Barcola can work on his finishing and take more of these quick breaks. 3 points at home to a notorious bogey team of ours, job done.

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